Earth and Society

Sana Zafar, PhD in civil and environmental engineering, was awarded the D. N.G. W. Cook PhD Dissertation Award for the best PhD thesis in rock mechanics at the 2024 US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.

Griffiths is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and previously served as associate department head. He began the new role on July 1.

“We got to see (the building) go from a sketch on notebook paper to the real thing,” said Lindsey Nenne, one of the team’s construction leaders, who graduated in May with her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

Deb Carney, University Distinguished Teaching Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Mines, will serve as co-principal investigator on a new NSF project to create a new upper-division college elective that is specifically designed for prospective secondary mathematics teachers.

If a tool breaks in space, the solution isn’t as easy as popping down to the hardware store to buy a new one. Mines researchers are conducting NASA-funded research that could lead to 3-D printing bioplastics in space for tool repairs and more.

Mooney was honored for his work on Northeast Boundary Tunnel in Washington, D.C.

Lu was included in the 2024 class for his research on understanding soil behavior

Bill Zisch, J. Steven Whisler Head of Mining Engineering at Mines, spoke on a new vision for mining in the future.

After a career in entrepreneurship, Zack Bennett ’99 is now the founding director of the Mines Venture Program and Beck Venture Center on campus.

Lori Tunstall, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her work on improving concrete durability with a focus on sustainability.